In the News
2012
Frozen Water and Organic Material Discovered on MercuryFor the first time, scientists have confirmed that the planet Mercury holds at least 100 billion tons of water ice as well as organic material in craters at its north pole.— Wired
Grand Canyon 70 million years old, new study claimsMost scientists believe the canyon is only about 6 million years old.— Washington Post
2012 Mayan Apocalypse Rumors Have Dark Side, NASA WarnsNASA scientists took time on Wednesday (Nov. 28) to soothe 2012 doomsday fears.— LiveScience
Church sets up an exorcist hotlineThe Catholic Church has established an exorcist hotline in Milan, its biggest diocese, to cope with demand.— The Independent
The Serbian village that's warning of a vampire on the looseAncient folklore is inspiring some all-too-real panic.— The Week
Killer Cave May Have Inspired Myth of HadesA giant cave called Alepotrypa might have helped serve as the inspiration for the mythic ancient Greek underworld.— LiveScience
Family of Cold War bioweapons expert say he was drugged with LSDA new lawsuit has dredged up a 60-year-old Cold War mystery surrounding the death of an Army researcher.— Daily Mail
Stare Into the Eye of This Insane Storm on SaturnA mind-boggling storm at Saturn’s North Pole, captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Nov. 27, looks like it’s going to swallow you right up.— Wired
Four is the 'magic' number for our mind coping with informationAn analysis shows the human mind copes with a maximum of four 'chunks' of information, not seven.— Medical Xpress
Confirmed: US planned to nuke the moonIn a secret project recently discovered, the US planned to blow up the moon with a nuclear bomb in the 1950s as a display of the country’s strength during the Cold War space race.— RT
Undisclosed Finding by Mars Rover Fuels IntrigueThe Mars rover Curiosity has found something — something noteworthy, in a pinch of Martian sand. But what is it?— NY Times
Get a 3-D Model Of Your Unborn ChildA clinic in Japan is offering models of the fetus, using 3-D printing technology.— Discovery News
Risk of robot uprising wiping out human race to be studiedCambridge researchers are to assess whether technology could end up destroying human civilization.— BBC News
Saturn's Second 'Pac-Man' Moon Revealed in NASA PhotosNew images from a NASA spacecraft orbiting Saturn have revealed a view any retro-gamer would love.— Space.com
Antarctic lake's clue to alien lifeThe discovery of microbes thriving in sub-zero conditions of an Antarctic lake could raise the prospects for life on the Solar System's icy moons.— BBC News
The Highway Patrol Cop Of The Future Is A Robotic UnicycleThe LA Auto Show's annual Design Challenge suggests the patrol car of the future is optionally manned, self-driving, and armed with autonomous robots.— Popular Science
'Mysterious Animal' Attacks Borneo VillagersA witness said that the animal made a strange sound and rushed toward him, at one point standing on its hind legs.— Discovery News
Universe Grows Like a Giant BrainA fundamental law of nature may govern the expansion of the Universe, a new computer simulation suggests.— LiveScience
Mount Doom's Neighbor Erupts in New ZealandMount Tongariro may come back to life again, scientists warn.— National Geographic News
Schools' Tracking Device Causes ControversyMandatory RFID chips in student IDs leads to privacy concerns.— Associated Press
The Lee Avenue HauntingStephen Wagner interviews Donna Parish-Bischoff about the bizarre supernatural events which plagued her family.— About.com
The trench talk that is now entrenched in the English languageNew research shows how the battlefield of World War I led to numerous new words being introduced to the global vocabulary.— The Telegraph
Why Are Bigfoot Rumors So Persistent?A skeptical examination of why cryptids continue to be elusive after all these years.— Slate
White House Presses for Drone Rule BookFederal government hopes to devise guidelines for the proper use and protocols for drone strikes.— NY Times
Steampunk Artists Transforms Ocean TrashBreathtaking pieces are painstakingly created using discarded and discovered items.— Discovery News
Why older people struggle to read fine printStudy finds discernable differences in eye movement for young and old readers.— Medical Xpress
Bizarre Perpetual Sleepiness ExplainedResearchers hope to have found a cause and cure for hypersomia.— LiveScience
Shockingly Close to the EndRemembering famed UFO researcher Jim Moseley, who recently passed away.— Magonia
The Panther of Giffard's Cross - as Simple as ABC?Karl Shuker looks at cryptozoological elements behind a legendary English tale.— ShukerNature
Huge Mars Colony Eyed by SpaceX Founder Elon MuskBillionaire entrepreneur hopes to ultimately house 80,000 people on the Red Planet.— Space.com